Boston, MA SCRABBLE® Club Statistics

Unfortunately, the club records over its many years of
existence are not consolidated. Some research must be done to
locate the significant events of the club. As such data is found
it will be entered here. We hope to be able to list:

the highest game score - this one we have

the highest total game score

the highest losing score

the highest-scoring bingo

the highest-scoring non-bingo

the highest number of bingos played in a game

the longest word seen on a board

the most games played in a season

the most games won in a season

the most points scored in a season

any other interesting statistic which may be suggested

The highest game score achieved during a club session was made
by Forrestt Tellis on 2-Jul-90 when he scored 721. Only one week later
the club saw the only other above-700 game when Mike Wolfberg scored either
701 (according to Mike) or 703 (according to the club director)
on 9-Jul-90. Interestingly, each of these high wins was opposite
the same understandably dismal losing score of 214.
Even though Mike began his high-scoring game
with a pass 7, he went on to play five bingos. He missed a
playable sixth bingo in that game! All words Mike played were
acceptable. When the game was played,
this was Mike's all-time high game in which he played
no phoneys. He had a higher game with phonies several years earlier.
He also had a higher game with no phoneys by him several years later.
Both of these other over-700 games were played at the
Lexington Club

.

Richard Buck scored 648 on April 5, 1999.

The highest total score noted in this club is
1015. This game, played
on 30-Mar-92 as between Forrestt Tellis and Betsy Blackmer. The score was
538-477,
and Betsy's score remains the highest noted losing score of the
club.

Another high-scoring game was played 5-Jun-00 when Richard Buck
defeated Joel Kershner 618-396. This is only one point shy of the club
record for a total score mentioned above.

Mike Wolfberg made a 126-point non-bingo on 20-Oct-03. Although
he held
STANDER in his rack and
could play that word in a couple of places, he instead elected to play
the higher-scoring
DRUNKEST
through the U and
K
to make a triple-triple for 126 points. It is not known whether this is
the highest non-bingo played in this club.

At the club session on 2-Oct-06, a 12-letter word was played by Brad Whitmarsh
in a game with Joev Dubach. This word began as a seven, and it was extended
3 times to become a 10, an 11, and a 12. Brad played
NEUTRAL through the
A
for 14 point. Later in the game he extended it to
NEUTRALIZE for 38
points. A couple of turns later, Joev played
STERILE, hooking the
R to make
NEUTRALIZER
for 86 points. Four turns later, Brad played
COIFS,
hooking the
S to make
NEUTRALIZERS
(also making
SO,
TI,
EF) for 52 points,
taking the lead by 118 points. Joev challenged, since it was his only
chance to win, but the long word was ruled acceptable.

An oddity - on September 22, 1997, Mike Wolfberg drew a
Y and ended up going first in a game
against Mike Cohen. That is because Mike Cohen also drew a
Y, and then lost the next draw. In an
earlier similar incident, each of these players drew a blank on
the first draw.

More statistics will be included here, as we rediscover them.
However, although the club began in 1977, the above statistics are
based on easily-accessible computer records from September 1989 on.